Emergency Closure Information

 

Green River Community College updates this page when classes may be cancelled or delayed in case of snow, extreme cold or other emergency situations. Our current status is:

All campuses are following regular schedules today

All classes will meet as scheduled. All services & offices will be open during regular hours of operation.

message updated on:

Ways to learn about campus closures:

Guidelines

  • The college will always be open for employees. The normal message relayed to the media pertains to the schedule of classes for a particular day. Only a SUSPENDED OPERATIONS announcement would signify the complete closure of campus to students and employees.

  • If you do not hear a message regarding college operations, assume that the college is operating on its normal schedule.

  • Please do not call the campus operator. Get your information from the media or the Internet. Likewise, please do not call for voice mail messages during peak morning hours.

  • There are a number of factors that are part of the decision making process on whether classes are canceled. The college collects information from the Washington State Patrol, King County Police, county road crews, neighboring school districts, City of Auburn, and our own staff members.

  • Green River Community College is not part of the Auburn School District. If you hear a message regarding the Auburn School District, it does not apply to the college.

  • Devise inclement weather procedures for yourself and your co-workers. Have alternate routes to campus and a phone-tree notification system for those in your department.

  • Let students know if they can rely on you to make it to campus during inclement weather conditions.

  • Green River’s Child Care Center operates on procedures established by the Children’s Home Society, which notifies employees, whether to open or close. The Child Care Center records a message on its phone system for students to hear.

  • Separate announcements may be made for the College Enumclaw Campus and Skillstream.

  • If an employee chooses not to be at work because of inclement weather, he or she may take the TIME OFF WITHOUT PAY or receive pay by notifying the appropriate office immediately, and upon return, file a Report of Absence From Duty form.



This page was last modified on: 08/20/2008

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